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parallel, their apex regularly rounded ; above convex, each elytron 

 with a row on the outer border and ten others on the disc, of 

 distinct punctures, the row nearest the suture short, interspaces 

 minutely punctured ; the transverse black band, which is placed 

 nearly across the middle of the elytra, extends for a short distance 

 upwards along the suture ; downwards it is continued as a narrow 

 line to the apex itself, where it is dilated into a small spot. 



4« Australica {Stethomela) variabilis. 



Oblonga, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida ; capite abdomineque 

 (hnjus segmento apicali excepto) piceis ; antennis nigris ; 

 elytris purpureis, fascia lata transversa prope medium, rufo- 

 fulva. 



Var. A. Elytris rufo-fulvis, fascia lata basali et singulis plaga 

 magna subapicali purpureis ; abdomine rufo-fulvo. 



Var. B. Capite rufo-fulvo, elytris (basi praetermissd) pur- 

 pureis. 



Long. 4 — 5 lin, 



Hab. Mysol ; Northern part of New Guinea. 



Oblong, convex, parallel, as seen above very variable in mark- 

 ings and colour. Head smooth, epistome separated from the face 

 by a deep transverse groove, from the middle of which a short 

 longitudinal grooved line runs upwards on the face. Antennae 

 more than half the length of the body, black ; the two basal joints 

 fulvous beneath ; epistome fulvous. Thorax rather more than 

 twice as broad as long, sides straight and parallel, narrowed and 

 rounded in front, anterior angles subacute, anterior margin con- 

 cave ; above moderately convex, smooth, impunctate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, sides parallel, their apex regularly 

 rounded, each elytron impressed with eleven rows of distinct 

 punctures, the outer one placed on the lateral border, entire, the 

 inner one nearest the suture, very short, the others all terminating 

 about the commencement of the hinder third of the elytron, which 

 is very smooth and impunctate ; the seventh stria from the suture 

 becomes irregular and confused just before its termination. A 

 line on the anterior surface of the apical half of the thighs, togetI)er 

 with a similar stripe extending along the whole front edge of the 

 tibiae, piceous. 



Genus Plagiodera, Chevr. 

 1. Plagiodera Lownii. 

 Subrotundata, modice convexa, dorso subdepressa, fulva, nitida; 



